Ok, we were a bit relieved.

Ok, last night the air conditioning guy from "Parker and Sons" came by to give us an estimate on the new unit. We had in our minds about $8,000. So after rebate moneys and preferred customer discount, we were sitting at $6,250. DH and I were actually relieved. WHAT THE HECK? It's still $6,250 no matter what way you look at it.

Well, I had mentioned the roof blowing off. . .

Not too far from it. Last night a storm BLEW thru and I say that because (for those of you who don't know our storms) it never rained, just blew alot of dirt around and filled our pool with our neighbors bouganvilla flower pedals. (One of DH's big urks) The only reason I knew anything after taking 2 Advil PMs and retreating to bed, is because I thought the roof was going to blow off. Must have been a dirt devil or what they call a microburst. DH and I were both on the back patio in a matter of oh 20 seconds. Holy cow! What was that?

As of 6:00 a.m. this morning, we still have our roof, the air conditioner is still working (keep fingers crossed), and the pool guy is scheduled today for a visit. :o)

Wish us luck, we have another air conditioning company coming by later today for another estimate.

Two more days to go see Mr. Aaron "Earins" as Mister would say. He's so excited to get back to school. He's making me nutzo.

Love to all, going to nap now.
God be with you,
gina

Yet another glorious day!

See, I rested for one day, let my guard down and guess what? Come on, guess! You'll never get this one. . .

I woke from my afternoon percocet induced nap, to feeling a little warm. First I thought it was the toasty heating pad I had under my butt to relieve the pain of the siatic nerve in my right butt cheek. NOPE, that wasn't it. That was too easy of a fix.

I got up and looked at the thermostat thinking maybe when I was freezing my ass off earlier that morning, I may have turned it up too high. NOPE, that wasn't it either. Thermostat was set on 72. Temperature read 79! Oh shit! Not cool (pun intended)! It is about 250 degrees outside with approximately 90% humidity. Today is not the day for the air unit to go out.

(Oh and for all you Clevelandites that think I'm bitching about the heat... don't get me wrong. It is hot in the summer and you do other things, like SWIM. However, since having my vijayjay fixed, I CAN'T SWIM! Bummer for me.)

So today my job is to research SRP (electric co) new unit rebates along with Parker and Son coupons to try and get myself the least in debt as possible to replace 1 of our 2 air conditioning units (heat pumps).

I'm sure tomorrow will be something like the pool filter will explode, hmmm, maybe the roof will blow off, or something to that effect. ;o)

Wish me luck! Adios mi amigos! Dios esté con usted.

Gina

Two in One Day - OMG!

I'm blogging again because yet again I have blogged before starting my day. Since I've been away from my computer for what seems like an eternity, I've spent the last 2.5 hours reading emails, catching up on insurance and flexible spending accounts, filling out special education paperwork and realizing I'm still 10 steps behind.

I just read last weeks edition of "In your own words" on the Autism Speaks Weekly Newsletter. Thought I would share it since it isn't exactly our story but reflects alot of my feelings.

Have a glimpse. . .

http://www.autismspeaks.org/community/ownwords/intheirownwords_string.php